Great flight pictures and I learned something new. Didn't know about the green band. Guess I'll have to pay more attention but then I normally see them flying away from me so the band wouldn't be showing.

Richard - Also depending on how the sun is hitting them. Sometimes their eyes seem so crimson red - and then I look again and they're black.

NC - many thanks!

Wren - thank you for the visit -always happy to hear from a fellow michigander! We aren't lucky enough to have the loons in southern Michigan - if you are ever headed up north - I can give you a few lakes to check so you can see the Loons before they migrate.

Maybe it is green or bluish green...or greenish blue (haha) that is the only kind we get too. Common Loon. But why do some have the ring and others don't? Is one male and one female? Or do all Loons have the ring and you can't see it sometimes? Hope I'm not driving you crazy...I did try to google that but was not successful.Thanks!